94% of adults in Scotland rated their neighbourhood a good place to live in 2025
The Scottish Household Survey found neighbourhood ratings broadly stable, while fewer people said their area offered welcoming places to meet others.
Event / data period: 2025
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The Scottish Government published 2025 neighbourhood and community findings from the Scottish Household Survey on October 13. Across Scotland, 94% of adults rated their neighbourhood a very or fairly good place to live, unchanged from 2024. The share giving a “very good” rating rose to 55%, from 54% a year earlier.
Agreement that neighbourhoods had welcoming places and opportunities to meet new people fell from 56% to 53%. Some 83% said people in their neighbourhood were kind to each other, and 76% said they could turn to someone locally for support or advice. These are Scotland-wide survey results for 2025; the report also describes differences by area and population groups.
Data
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Figures reproduce the official values published by the source for the stated reference period.
| Adults rating their neighbourhood a very/fairly good place to live | 94 |
| Adults rating their neighbourhood a very good place to live | 55 |
| Adults agreeing their neighbourhood has welcoming places and opportunities to meet new people | 53 |
Methodology
Responses from adults in Scotland in the Scottish Household Survey 2025. Percentages do not describe the United Kingdom as a whole. The good-place share combines very good and fairly good responses; figures are the published survey results.
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